Under UAB policy, personal holidays for non-essential employees are awarded July of each year and must be used by the end of June the following calendar year.

UAB biweekly paid full-time regular employees in non-essential services must take any unused personal holidays by the last biweekly pay period with a June pay date. For 2023, that means that employees in this category must take their remaining personal holidays by the June 4-June 17 pay period or they will be automatically forfeited. The new personal holiday balance for the 2023-24 period will be reflected on the June 18-July 1 pay period. UAHSF biweekly employees must take their remaining personal holidays by June 30. All monthly paid employees will have until June 30 to take their remaining personal holidays. Personal holiday time must be submitted AND approved in eLAS by June 30 to avoid entries impacting the 2023-2024 Personal Holiday allotment.

Essential employees in UAB Hospital, the UAB Police Department and the UAB Call Center and some UAHSF employees in hospital departments accrue up to 12 personal holidays per year rather than three personal and eight designated holidays. Any personal holiday balance in excess of 12 days due to the extra personal holidays given in 2022 will need to be used before the June deadlines.

A copy of the full holiday policy, HR Policy 302, can be found in the UAB Policies and Procedures Library.

— Posted May 31, 2023